Process of preparing wrappers.



H0 IODEL.

A. SHBDLOGK.

PROCESS OF PREPARING WRAPPERS. R

APPLICATION FILED 00121, 1902;

PATENTED JULY '5, 1904.

Patented July 5, 1904.

PATENT OEEIcE.

ALFRED SHEDLOCK, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

PROCESS OF PREPARING WRAPPERS- SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 764,210, dated July 5, 1904.

Application filed October 1, 1902. Serial No. 125,506. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LALERED SHEDLooK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, county of Hudson, and State of New J ersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes ofPreparing VVrappers, fully described and represented in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

In the manufacture of cigars it is desirable that the wrapper fit thebunch closely and accurately, and particularly that no crevices oropenings be left along the overlapping lines of the wrapper whichproduce what is known in the art as aprons. These aprons not onlydisfigure the cigar, but interfere with its draft. A- cigar-wrapperconsists of a thin flat section of leaf cut to a proper shape, and

. in placing it upon a cigar it is customary to strain it about thebunch, so that it may fit the bunch snugly and also take the shape ofthe bunch.

The present invention has for its object to improve cigar-wrappers bygiving them approximately the shape of the bunch prior to winding themthereupon; and the invention consists in a certain process of preparingwrappers and applying them to cigars or other analogous articles, aswill be hereinafter described and then more fully pointed out in theclaims hereunto appended.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, it will beexplained in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 indicates a former with a cigarwrapper partially applied thereto.Figs. 2 and 3 represent different modes of transferring the wrapper fromthe former to the bunch; and Figs. 4 and 5 are end views of Figs. 2 and3, respectively.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a former, which,as shown,corresponds in shape to that shape of cigar which is ordinarily known tothe trade as a perfecto. The shape of the former will, however, varyaccording to the particular shape of cigar or other article to which thewrapper is to be applied, and it will be further understood that theformerneed not correspond exactly to the shape of the article to bewrapped.

In carrying out the process the wrapper, which is indicated at 2, isfirst shaped by winding it tightly about the former, the wrapper beingthus stretched so that it corresponds to the shape of the former. Afterthe wrapper has been given a set it is rolled from the former onto thebunch. According to the preferred mode of carrying out the invention thewrapper will be transferred from the former to the bunch, as indicatedin Figs. 2 and 4thatis to say, it will be so wound about the bunch thatthat side of the wrapper which is outermost upon the former will formthe outside of the wrapper when it is applied to the bunch. The wrappermay. however, be wound on the bunch, as indicated in Figs. 3

and 5that is to say, that side of the wrapper which is outermost on theformer forming the inside of the wrapper when it is applied to thebunch.

While the process which has been described is especially applicable topreparing wrappers for cigars, it might be used in preparing wrappersfor other analogous articles when it is desired that the wrapper shallsnugly fit the article to which it is to be applied.

What is claimed is 1. The process of wrapping cigars and analogousarticles which consists in winding the wrapper under tension about aformer and then winding the wrapper t0 the article, sub stantially asdescribed.

2. The process of wrapping cigars and anal ogous articles which consistsin winding the wrapper under tension about a former which corresponds inshape to the article to which the wrapper is to be applied and thenwinding the Wrapper to the article, substantially as described.

3. The process of wrapping cigars and analogous articles which consistsin winding the wrapper under tension about a former and then winding thewrapper to the article with the same side out which was outermost on theformer, substantially as described.

4.. The process of wrapping cigars and anal- Correction in LettersPatent No. 764,210.

ogous articles which consists in winding the wrapper under tension abouta former which corresponds in shape to the article to which the wrapperis to be applied and then winding the wrapper to the article with thesame side out which was outermost on the former, substantially rsdescribed.

5. The process of preparing a cigar-wrapper which consists in shapingthe wrapper 10 on a former which approximately corresponds [sEAL] to theconfiguration of the cigar to which the wrapper is to be applied,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALFRED SHEDLOUK. \Vitnesses:

Geo. H. SNYDER, SYDNEY Invm PRESCOTT.-

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 764,210, granted July 5,1904, upon the application of Alfred Shedlock, of Jersey City, NewJersey, for an irnprovement in Processes of Preparing Wrappers, waserroneously issued to said Shedlock as owner of said invention; whereasthe said Letters Patent should have been issued to The American TobaccoCompany, of New York, 1V. Y., a corporation of New Jersey, as

owner of the entire interest in said invention,' as shown by theassignments of record in this ofiice; and that the said Letters Patentshould beread with this correction therein that the same may conform tothe record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 16th day of August, A. D. 1904.

E. B. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 764,210.

ogous articles which consists in winding the wrapper under tension abouta former which corresponds in shape to the article to which the wrapperis to be applied and then winding the wrapper to the article with thesame side out which was outermost on the former, substantially rsdescribed.

5. The process of preparing a cigar-wrapper which consists in shapingthe wrapper 10 on a former which approximately corresponds [sEAL] to theconfiguration of the cigar to which the wrapper is to be applied,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALFRED SHEDLOUK. \Vitnesses:

Geo. H. SNYDER, SYDNEY Invm PRESCOTT.-

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 764,210, granted July 5,1904, upon the application of Alfred Shedlock, of Jersey City, NewJersey, for an irnprovement in Processes of Preparing Wrappers, waserroneously issued to said Shedlock as owner of said invention; whereasthe said Letters Patent should have been issued to The American TobaccoCompany, of New York, 1V. Y., a corporation of New Jersey, as

owner of the entire interest in said invention,' as shown by theassignments of record in this ofiice; and that the said Letters Patentshould beread with this correction therein that the same may conform tothe record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 16th day of August, A. D. 1904.

E. B. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 764,210.

It is herehy certified that Letters Patent No. 764,21 the application ofAlfred Shedlock, of Jersey City, New

0, granted July 5, 1904, upon Jersey, for an improvement in Processes ofPreparing Wrappers, was erroneously issued to said Shedlock as owner ofsaid invention; Whereas the said Letters Patent should have been issuedto The American Tobacco Company, of New York, N. l"., a corporation ofNew Jersey, as owner of the entire interest in said invention, as shownby in this ofiice; and that the said Letters Patent the assignments ofrecord should be read with this correction therein that the same mayconform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 16th day of August, A. D., 1904.

[SEAL] E. B. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

